Standing Her Ground: Classic Short Stories by Trailblazing Women

by Harriet Sanders (Editor)

Overview

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

A selection of dazzling short stories which celebrate the talent and achievements of nine women writers who, each in their own way, broke new ground through their literary innovation, activism and beliefs.

Standing Her Ground showcases women who were not afraid to let their imaginations fly or to challenge the status quo; Elizabeth Gaskell and Edith Wharton create gripping narratives about marriage and commitment, Virginia Woolf satirizes the grandiose claims of men, and Willa Cather movingly examines what it is to be different. Together with stories about independence, growing older and longing, here is a showcase of classic short story writing, spanning one hundred years.

Featuring short stories written by Virginia Woolf, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, Winifred Holtby and Alice Dunbar Nelson.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529072631
Publisher:	Macmillan Collector's Library
Publication date:	02/15/2022
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	3.80(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Harriet Sanders is a publisher, anthologist and a fair-weather sailor. She is the editor of Standing her Ground: Classic Short Stories by Trailblazing Women.